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Adaptable payload apparatus and methods

a payload and adaptable technology, applied in the direction of load accommodation, transportation items, seating arrangements, etc., can solve the problems of increasing operational costs, increasing manufacturing costs, and adding unnecessary weight to aircraft, so as to reduce labor and expense, the effect of reducing the weight of the support structur

Active Publication Date: 2005-10-13
THE BOEING CO
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[0007] The present invention is directed to apparatus and methods for beaming some or all payload component loads out to surrounding support structure and adaptably coupling payload assemblies to a support structure. Embodiments of apparatus and methods in accordance with the present invention may advantageously reduce the weight of the support structure, and may reduce the labor and expense associated with manufacturing, maintaining, and modifying the support structure and the payload assembly in comparison with the prior art.

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Unfortunately, this practice increases manufacturing costs, and also adds unnecessary weight to the aircraft which increases operational costs.

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[0027] The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for beaming some or all payload component loads out to surrounding support structure and adaptably coupling payload assemblies to a support structure. Many specific details of certain embodiments of the invention are set forth in the following description and in FIGS. 3-17 to provide a thorough understanding of such embodiments. One skilled in the art, however, will understand that the present invention may have additional embodiments, or that the present invention may be practiced without several of the details described in the following description.

[0028] Generally, adaptable payload apparatus and methods in accordance with the present invention may advantageously allow payloads to be positioned and repositioned with greater flexibility, and with reduced labor and expense, in comparison with the prior art. In one embodiment, a payload assembly includes a primary payload component, a payload support that carries the loa...

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Abstract

Apparatus and methods for beaming some or all payload component loads out to surrounding support structure and adaptably coupling payload assemblies to a support structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a payload assembly includes a payload member and at least one payload support. The payload member is adapted to be positioned proximate the support structure, and the at least one payload support is coupled to the payload member and is adapted to operatively engage at least one of the elongated supports of the support structure. The at least one payload support is further adapted to beam loads from the payload member to the at least one elongated support, and to be moveable with the payload member relative to the support structure. In one particular embodiment, the payload support includes an end portion adapted to engage with a top surface of the elongated support.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This patent application is related to the following co-pending, commonly-owned U.S. patent applications filed concurrently herewith on Mar. 29, 2004, which applications are hereby incorporated by reference: U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ entitled “Non-Protruding Seat Track Apparatus and Methods” filed under Attorney Docket No. BING-1-1070; U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ entitled “Adaptable Payload Processes” filed under Attorney Docket No. BING-1-1072; U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ entitled “Payload to Support Track Interface and Fitting Apparatus and Methods” filed under Attorney Docket No. BING-1-1074; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ entitled “Adaptable Payload Enabling Architecture” filed under Attorney Docket No. BING-1-1075.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for adaptably coupling payload assemblies to a support structure. BACKGROUND OF THE...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B64C1/20B64D11/00
CPCB64C1/20
Inventor GRETHER, MARTIN R.REED, RAYMOND R.FRANTZ, W. FORREST
Owner THE BOEING CO
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